If eggs are supposed to be so harmful to our health, why is it that most people who surpass the age of 100 years insist that the secret to their longevity is eating at leas two eggs each and every day for many decades on end?

The “eggs are bad for your health” myth seems to be just as persistent as the myth that “mathematically bumblebees can not fly”. The latter assertion was due to a misplaced decimal separator, discovered on verification of the relevant math. But the initial erroneous report is far better click-bait and makes for better headlines.

In my [humble] opinion the biggest dietary problem with USA'ers (not Americans in general, just those who live in the USA) is the extremely high consumption of deep fried fast food, highly processed industrial food (like take out or microwave meals), the extreme amounts of sugar and glucose added to food as preservatives and flavor enhancers, all those sugary drinks in plastic bottles, and all that oil used to season and tenderize food.

I have also looked at the listed ingredients on food products marketed as vegan. It is a veritable witches brew of chemicals that just can not be good for our health! I find it absolutely hypocritical when people say they are vegan, but insist on regularly having [vegan] bacon for breakfast, [vegan] ham or sausage for lunch and [vegan] hamburgers for dinner. And all these vegan products have to taste like meat and also have the tactile sensation of meat in the mouth.

If you want to insist on being vegan because it is supposed to be healthier than a vegetarian or even an omnivorous diet, then the least you can do in my opinion is to prepare your meals from scratch with unprocessed natural raw ingredients.

Based on my experience a vegetarian diet is a religious cult, and the vegan diet is a more extremist version of that same religious cult. This opinion is mainly based on the fact many vegetarians and vegans try to ram their philosophy down everybody else's throat.

Dietary restrictions create a lot of extra work with food preparations, especially at social events like family gatherings or reunions. When these dietary restrictions are due to legitimate health reasons they are tolerable for the “kitchen staff”. But they become intolerable when they are purely due to philosophical reasons.

The very best diet is still what we call in German “friss die Hälfte”, which literally translates to “eat just half of it”. In other words, moderation is the key to everything. You can eat most everything, but in moderation. Try to eat more natural foods, but do not get me started on that whole Bio grift! Instead of frying or sautéing your vegetable, how about steaming or boiling in water?